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the white house put out this photograph today of president obama in the oval office on the phone with fbi director robert mueller. the president is being updated on the explosions in boston. with him in that briefing, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism and chief of staff. the white house increased its own security after today's explosion. secret service closing pedestrian access on pennsylvania avenue and putting up caution tape outside of the white house. now, the public can only get as close as lafayette park and only people with credentials can access the white house. >> let's bring in katie davis joining us from boston. this is one of the most joyous days in boston every year this happens. what happened tonight obviously so horrific. what's the scene there now where you are and what's the latest with the investigation? >> reporter: as you know, officials are asking everyone to stay home tonight if they possibly can but police, firefighters, federal investigators still out here on the scene. this is just blocks from the marathon finish line. you c
the white house put out this photograph today of president obama in the oval office on the phone with fbi director robert mueller. the president is being updated on the explosions in boston. with him in that briefing, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism and chief of staff. the white house increased its own security after today's explosion. secret service closing pedestrian access on pennsylvania avenue and putting up caution tape outside of the white house....
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president obama vowed it will be a swift and thorough search for whomever planted the devices. >> we will find outho
president obama vowed it will be a swift and thorough search for whomever planted the devices. >> we will find outho
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. >> president obama also vowed to seek justice and promised boston would heal. >> boston is a tough and resilient town. so are its people. i'm supremely confident that bostonians will pull together, take care of each other and move forward as one proud city. >> the focus is, of course, on trying to find out who did this and why so far nobody has been detained. guys. >> thank you. >>> news of the attacks in boston sent people straight to twitter in many cases. we have one of the first pictures tweeted out from the scene to share with you now. the san francisco-based service reported the spike in service just minutes after the bombing. the first platform to report the news of the attack. several use the sight to post pictures of the scene and to let their family and friends know they are okay. law firm add new web page to help friends and family communicate with loved ones in boston. it's called google person finder. it allows others to let others know they're safe. you can find a link by going to ktvu.com. you can also share your condolences and thoughts on our ktvu channel 2 faceboo
. >> president obama also vowed to seek justice and promised boston would heal. >> boston is a tough and resilient town. so are its people. i'm supremely confident that bostonians will pull together, take care of each other and move forward as one proud city. >> the focus is, of course, on trying to find out who did this and why so far nobody has been detained. guys. >> thank you. >>> news of the attacks in boston sent people straight to twitter in many cases....
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president obama says the fbi is investigating the explosions as an act of terrorism. there were two confirmed explosives, authorities say the bombs appear to have consisted of an explosive and shrapnel packed inside a pressure cooker. there are no suspects in custody. three people killed in the blasts, including an 8-year-old boy. more than 170 injured. so let's get strayed to scott cohn, who is live in boston. what more do we know, scott, on top of what i just said. >> reporter: mandy, this is now a very active and very intense investigation. it's a complicated crime scene 12 blocks long. they're also looking at remote-controlled cameras that were trained on that finish line as ptn th street." and she said that normally that is set up to make the runner feel good. >> it's always felt very secure and felt there's a lot of attendants around, but was it there before the race started, there in the evening? or how did it get to be there? >> gene schmidt is a former u.s. congresswoman from ohio. this is her fifth marathon. she knows about national security and she knows ab
president obama says the fbi is investigating the explosions as an act of terrorism. there were two confirmed explosives, authorities say the bombs appear to have consisted of an explosive and shrapnel packed inside a pressure cooker. there are no suspects in custody. three people killed in the blasts, including an 8-year-old boy. more than 170 injured. so let's get strayed to scott cohn, who is live in boston. what more do we know, scott, on top of what i just said. >> reporter: mandy,...
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. >> reporter: president obama promised a resolution. >> we will find out who did this we'll find out why they did this. any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: fox news and investigators are talking to a saudi man, but he is not being called a suspect. there are not many leads. >> what i can assure you is this is a very thorough and active and fluid ongoing investigation. >> reporter: in fact, late tonight massachusetts state police confirmed they served a search warrant related to the bombing in the boston suburb of revere but they would not give any details. tonight they announced they are making progress. >> we heard conflicting reports of other bombing being found and being disarmed. what have you heard about this. >> reporter: earlier tonight there was word of two the bombs found. but there's questions about whether they were truly unexploded. they may have had to detonate some to clear the situation. >>> and there's no word on who is responsible, or whether it was a lone wolf. >>> the virginia tech massacre also occ
. >> reporter: president obama promised a resolution. >> we will find out who did this we'll find out why they did this. any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: fox news and investigators are talking to a saudi man, but he is not being called a suspect. there are not many leads. >> what i can assure you is this is a very thorough and active and fluid ongoing investigation. >> reporter: in fact, late...
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. >> reporter: president obama promised a resolution. >> we will find out who did this we'll find out why they did this. any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: fox news and investigators are talking to a saudi man, but he is not being called a suspect. there are not many leads. >> what i can assure you is this is a very thorough and active and fluid ongoing investigation. >> reporter: in fact, late tonight massachusetts state police confirmed they served a search warrant related to the bombing in the boston suburb of revere but they would not give any details. tonight they announced they are making progress. >> we heard conflicting reports of other bombing being found and being disarmed. what have you heard about this. >> reporter: earlier tonight there was word of two the bombs found. but there's questions about whether they were truly unexploded. they may have had to detonate some to clear the situation. >>> and there's no word on who is responsible, or whether it was a lone wolf. >>> the virginia tech massacre also occ
. >> reporter: president obama promised a resolution. >> we will find out who did this we'll find out why they did this. any responsible individuals, any responsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> reporter: fox news and investigators are talking to a saudi man, but he is not being called a suspect. there are not many leads. >> what i can assure you is this is a very thorough and active and fluid ongoing investigation. >> reporter: in fact, late...
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a anbny . >> president obama addressed the nation calling the deadly explosion. he made it clear the information is still coming in and all of factor still not yet known. the president made clear those responsible will be identified and held accountable. >> we still do not know who did this or why. people should not jump to conclusions before we have all the facts. >> but, make no mistake we will get to the bottom of this and we will find out who did this, when will find out why they did this. any responsible individuals, and irresponsible groups will feel the full weight of justice. >> the explosions happened in copley square about 50 to 100 yds apart. the fbi has taken over and is the lead in this investigation. >> a pakistan in taliban denied any role in the boston explosion. >> the crew spokesman denied involvement in a telephone call with the associated press. the main focus of the pakistan a taliban has been an insurgency against the pakistan government because of its alliance with the united states to enforce islamic law in the country. but the group is th
a anbny . >> president obama addressed the nation calling the deadly explosion. he made it clear the information is still coming in and all of factor still not yet known. the president made clear those responsible will be identified and held accountable. >> we still do not know who did this or why. people should not jump to conclusions before we have all the facts. >> but, make no mistake we will get to the bottom of this and we will find out who did this, when will find out...
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president obama calling the bombings in boston an act of terrorism as the fbi continues to search for a suspect. rich edson outside the white house has breaking news on the investigation, rich, what is it? >> we do just in the last minute from our producer saying federal law enforcement officials confirmed to fox they have just ruled out that saudi man as a suspect in the bombing. remember, he had been questioned. he was never named as a suspect. the 20-year-old saudi here on visa, and law enforcement officials confirm he is ruled out as a suspect. this after a day of briefings at the white house. the president meeting earlier today with the national security team speaking earlier today. we'r from security officials, says fox news, remanents of a pressure cooker found on-site, a style first seen in afghanistan, but yet too early to determine if this is a type of device from overseas. also, some officials confirming only two bombs found in boston, the two that exploded. there is no one in custody at this point, but officials say they continue to question many people. the president says
president obama calling the bombings in boston an act of terrorism as the fbi continues to search for a suspect. rich edson outside the white house has breaking news on the investigation, rich, what is it? >> we do just in the last minute from our producer saying federal law enforcement officials confirmed to fox they have just ruled out that saudi man as a suspect in the bombing. remember, he had been questioned. he was never named as a suspect. the 20-year-old saudi here on visa, and...
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just moments ago, president obama spoke to the nation about the attack. the president says there is are plenty of unanswered questions in this tragedy. >> what we don't yet know, however, is who carried out this attack or why, whether it was planned and executed by aer toistic organization -- an organization or an individual or individuals. >> just a short while ago, the flag at the white house was lowered to half staff in honor of the boston marathon victims. three people were killed, including an 8-year-old boy. more than 170 were wounded. today is also the 6th anniversary of the virginia tech shooting massacre. on april 16th, 2007, a gunman shot and killed 32 people on that campus before he killed hill self. earlier this morning, there was a moment of i vens held in virginia. it was followed by the ringing of the bell for each victim of the shooting. the governor of virginia declared today, virginia tech remembrance today. >>> the san jose mercury news is selling its long-time headquarters in silicon valley. they own 36 acres. it's been at that locatio
just moments ago, president obama spoke to the nation about the attack. the president says there is are plenty of unanswered questions in this tragedy. >> what we don't yet know, however, is who carried out this attack or why, whether it was planned and executed by aer toistic organization -- an organization or an individual or individuals. >> just a short while ago, the flag at the white house was lowered to half staff in honor of the boston marathon victims. three people were...
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also waiting for president obama to make a statement at 840 this morning. we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes. ♪ i -- i got it ♪ i got it made, i got it made ♪ i got it made ♪ i got breakfast made fresh at subway® ♪ ♪ breakfast made the way i say [ male announcer ] at subway®, you got breakfast made. like a sunrise subway melt™ with chipotle southwest sauce. ♪ at subway® ♪ >> welcome back highway 1 01 san mateo southbound a truck overturned on a ramp leading southbound 1 01, it still blocks the right-hand lane. here is video from our helicopter partnership with abc seven news. you can see the truck that overturned. for awhile and blocked two lines of 1 01 southbound, not only the right lane block. the connecting ramp 2 westbound 92 is still blocked. avoid the san mateo bridge westbound, use the dumbarton bridge instead. another hot spot this morning your ride to the bay bridge in the westbound commute is backed up all the way into the macarthur maze. interstate 80 is that the brown the berkeley cares, almost golden gat
also waiting for president obama to make a statement at 840 this morning. we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes. ♪ i -- i got it ♪ i got it made, i got it made ♪ i got it made ♪ i got breakfast made fresh at subway® ♪ ♪ breakfast made the way i say [ male announcer ] at subway®, you got breakfast made. like a sunrise subway melt™ with chipotle southwest sauce. ♪ at subway® ♪ >> welcome back highway 1 01 san mateo southbound a truck overturned on a ramp...
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president obama got an update. he was up overnight getting one. he gets another update telling aides to keep me posted and make sure that resources are getting where they need to go in boston. now, there was a huge event that was planned here today, emancipation day, big event in washington with a parade, a gospel concert. d.c. officials say despite what's happened there, despite the stepped-up security here, those events are still on. jon? >> tracie potts, thank you very much. we will continue to follow this story all morning long. it was a scene out there in boston. our very own terry mcsweeney will be live in that city. keeping an eye on the upcoming investigate. expecting an update in the 6:00 hour. >> 5:43. >> as tracy mentioned, the gang of eight will roll out the immigration bill. lawmakers say the bill will be filed today but without fanfare out of respect for the victims and families in the explosion in boston. the bipartisan bill will place the 11 million people in the country illegally on a path to citizenship. part of the bill would ta
president obama got an update. he was up overnight getting one. he gets another update telling aides to keep me posted and make sure that resources are getting where they need to go in boston. now, there was a huge event that was planned here today, emancipation day, big event in washington with a parade, a gospel concert. d.c. officials say despite what's happened there, despite the stepped-up security here, those events are still on. jon? >> tracie potts, thank you very much. we will...
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president obama yesterday steered clear using that phrase "act of terror." today he did not mince words a few hours ago. he was adding a few hours ago and called the bombs an act of terror. they do not know whether carried out by an international or domestic organization. those comments came hours after federal, state, local officials made a plea to the public to help them find out who set off those bombs. >> this was a heinous and cowardly act. given what we now know about what took place, the fbi is investigating it as an act of terrorism. >> there has to be hundreds, if not thousands, of photographs or videos or observations that were made down athat finish line yesterday. they are sitting out there amongst everyone that's watching this event this morning. i would encourage
president obama yesterday steered clear using that phrase "act of terror." today he did not mince words a few hours ago. he was adding a few hours ago and called the bombs an act of terror. they do not know whether carried out by an international or domestic organization. those comments came hours after federal, state, local officials made a plea to the public to help them find out who set off those bombs. >> this was a heinous and cowardly act. given what we now know about what...